The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Baby's head dates from 1885/1886.

Baby's head, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1063).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Baby's head, The Hunterian

Not identified.

Technique

Technique

Baby's head, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1063).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1886: possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 53) as 'Child's Head'.
• 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 50 or 53) as 'Baby's Head'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 177) as 'Tête d'enfant'.

By the terms of Miss Philip's Gift, this work cannot be exhibited elsewhere.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1063) as 'Baby's head'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 53) as 'Child's Head'.
• “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 50 or 53) as 'Baby's Head'.
• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 177) as 'Tête d'enfant'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.